Europe Crop Returns Lag But Near Ten Year Average
The latest returns show European crops well below last year though near the ten year average. The resulting demand is expected to meet the average level.
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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1885
Page
2
The latest returns show European crops well below last year though near the ten year average. The resulting demand is expected to meet the average level.
Factories across Connecticut report booming conditions with nearly all operating full time and many extending hours. Notable sectors include hosiery, carpet, silk, velvet, brass, silver plate, knife, pins, clock, and arms and ammunition plants.
A loud call urges a extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain including many defaulters domiciled in Canada. The near asylum offers easy access and promises impunity, acting as a strong incentive to crime.
The value of US dairy exports for the four months ended August 31, 1885 reached 5,289,504 dollars, down from 7,733,619 the prior year. For ten months ending August 31, 1885 beef and pork shipments totaled 73,761,451 dollars, up by 2,024,641 from 1884.
The Ontario Bureau of Industries reports on September 10 that Ontario wheat yields average 24.3 bushels per acre, up from 23.3 in August. Total provincial wheat production reaches 21,280,543 bushels, compared with 20,474,729 in the August forecast.
Judge George Bachelder, the American representative in the Cairo tribunal, returns to New York with a blunt assessment of General Gordon. He describes Gordon as pious yet bloody, caring for his own fate and exhibiting despotism that would have conquered the Soudan if his career had not ended at Khartoum.
Col. Fred D. Grant has outlined a plan for additional work that will support Yo hankun in the inner operations. The proposal emphasizes coordination and phased steps for progress.
A fragment discusses a biographer who will detail his father’s personal and political situation, promising to follow a plan set by the general. The text suggests the work will appeal to a broad readership and may surpass General Grant’s book in reach.
Ex minister to Japan recounts twenty six centuries of imperial rule, praising the current ruler as a wise statesman. He notes Japan’s shift from absolute power to a democratic-leaning system with strong posts, widespread postal services, and rising prosperity. Hari kari is now only a tradition.
Land Commissioner Sparks reports public land entries for the past year show Dakota leading in land office business. National totals declined slightly in most states, with Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and several western states recording varied acre selections and entries compared with last year.
A mob removed five Chinese men from jail in Pierce City and hanged them to trees after accusing them of murdering Daniel Frazer and robbing his store. Frazer, a Southern Idaho pioneer, was killed on the night of the 11th with his room ransacked and safe attempts failing. Police reports say fifteen Chinese were arrested in the following days and five confessed.
Senator Sabin denies writing to the president while rumors discuss Hayes order reversal. A steam gun test in Washington aims to fight fires by discharging glass grenades. James F. Griffin is named assistant appraiser in New Orleans district. Keiley may join as third assistant secretary of state replacing Adee. resignations from Gregory and Thoman submitted last March. Inspector Murphy proceeds with Hibbs from Lewiston Idaho to recover stolen papers. $100,000 in buried Ohio greenbacks found. redeemable though decayed. Secretary Lamar improves after influenza. urged rest. Noerr faces suspension over property division role. no charges. Weighing appointment review at New York custom house followed by fire-linked scrutiny.
States consul to China and Tunis and a well known resident of Flint Michigan died at his home from pneumonia at seventy. Lieut H R Lemley Third artillery an aide de camp to Maj Gen Hancock praised as bright and literary skilled linguist. Charles Gustav Blum son of Sweden’s royal agricultural secretary and US private will quit army after learning grandmother left him 104000. Ex Senator Fowler of Tennessee recovers from jaw operation with tongue tied for ten days, careless measures abandoned as recovery progresses.
John C. Barr, a compiler in the coast survey office, has been dismissed for giving out confidential information to newspaper men. Myron R. Bush, a Buffalo businessman, died at sixty five from congestion of the brain. Cyclone damage in Washington D H Ohio totals 312000 in the city and 100000 nearby. Assistance is requested as a fatal malady strikes horses in the upper Yellowstone valley especially Cascadia side. Ranchers report widespread herd losses. Barnum's big top collapsed in Titusville Pa during a wind and rain storm injuring twenty five spectators slightly.
August Kuesman of Chicago died by poison. H F Boendel is jailed in Chicago for obtaining 3000 on forged notes in Chilton Wisconsin years ago. In Kentucky a riot killed Dolph Draughn deputy sheriff Sam Cool and William Francis. Newton F Chance faces murder charges in Sherman Texas for EF Foster editor death. Sixteen soldiers avenge insult at Hill's saloon in Sturgis killing Richard Bell. O T Culbreath lynched in Edgefield Court House charged with killing William Hammond. Susan R Buck stands trial in New York for grand larceny claiming kinship to London officials. Thomas Bartlett faces bigamy charges in Montreal and absconded. Robert Houghton linked to 10000 embezzlement at Canadian Rubber, warrant issued.
London conservative papers warn of Roumelia revolt plotting and Ireland likely to gain a legislative body within three years. Reports from Paris speak of a pending Macedonia uprising for union with Bulgaria while RussiaBritain conflict over Salonica grows. Cholera devastates Palermo with mass flight and food scarcity as Prince Alexander proclaims sovereignty over Bulgaria’s northern and southern provinces amid Turkish Albanian clashes at Djakovo. King Humbert sends sympathy message.
Louis Hansen of New York has given 100000 dollars to aid moving the Fredonia watch factory to Peoria Illinois after he recently left 125000 dollars with no Peoria. A Boston woman pledged 100 dollars to aid Pace wins but has not appeared since the Puritan victory.
The Omaha Bee notes Minneapolis and St Paul clash over census figures as they debate a motor line between suburbs. Each side cites population numbers 129,200 and 129,237 prompting interruptions and calls for a neutral mediator, possibly in Council Bluffs.
Reports from St. Paul describe extensive wildfires from Glendive Montana to the Minnesota line with flames spanning forty to fifty miles. George Sims says cattle losses loom as grass and timber burn across Dakota and eastern Montana while J C Bullitt notes fewer damages but fires extend from the James to the Missouri River. A storm is hoped for relief.
Sheriff Page N. Butts of Polk County pursues George January a half breed after he allegedly shot his uncle Joe January near Balsam Branch Wisconsin. The arrest follows witness squaws who saw the shooting and the discovery of a rifle at the scene. January claims self defense citing prior shots from his uncle.
Rebecca Jarrett Thomas Stead Sampson Jacques Mrs Coombe Bramwell Booth Louise Maurey were committed for trial in London over the Eliza Armstrong abduction case. Stead acted as his own counsel and read a defense document claiming ends justified means and possible misdirection by Mrs Jarrett. Magistrate condemned the article publication and acquitted Bramwell and Mrs Coombe on indecent assay.
David E. Hill was nominated for governor and Roswell P. Flower for lieutenant governor by acclamation. Frederick Cook of Rochester won the secretary of state ballot. Incumbent A C Chapin was nominated for controller. Dennis O'Brien was renominated for attorney general. Lawrence Fitzgerald of Cortland named for state treasurer, Nathan Sweet of Albany renominated for state engineer and surveyor. A unanimous resolution expressed profound sorrow.
The Democracy of the state of New York laments the death of the inflexible patriot and invincible soldier A B Grant whose illustrious career is praised for his dying invocation of peace and goodwill between the heroes he led and those he conquered.
A woman sought from Dr. Shrady reassurance that physicians shorten dying agony with chloroform. He denied homicide, noting no intent to hasten death though debate grows. He references Grant and argues physicians may act only by conscience if humane duty arises.
In St Petersburg the Bulgarians gain sympathy as the czar orders war plans if hostilities with Turkey begin. A Russian general says Russia would declare war the moment Turkey attacks Bulgaria and supports unity between Bulgaria and Roumelia. The Novoe vremya suggests troops could be sent to occupy Bulgaria.
Secretary Young of the state board of immigration presents Minnesota population statistics based on the 1880 census and emigration since then. The totals show 1 117 798 population with 722 569 native born and 895 229 foreign born, including 147 755 from Scandinavia and 122 381 from Germanic lands. Percent native born and foreign born are given, with 35.36 percent foreign born.
Minnesota Attorney General Hahn filed four district court suits to recover funds from timber cut on state lands. Grffin & Bros. face 1 617 710 feet valued at 4642 83, Case et al трех 206 090 feet valued at 309 14, Sadley et al 226 000 feet valued at 8, and Brukland et al 138 500 feet valued at 138 50.
At Charleston West Virginia fair grounds Tom Montgomery's wild cat West Virginia fought three dogs in sequence then a bulldog. The dog grabbed the cat by the throat and killed it in four minutes after multiple efforts. The cat reportedly weighed twenty five pounds at death.
Thomas W. Magill, convicted on a second trial of manslaughter in the second degree for fatally wounding Melville H. Bessy at the Magill farm on October 21, 1884, received three years and one month of hard labor at the Bismarck penitentiary. He has been jailed eleven months and five days, with the judge aiming to impose the full term allowed by law. The sentencing occurred in the presence of the victim’s widow and notable friends.
An Army officer stationed at Fort Ellis was arrested on the 15th and placed under military surveillance on two charges alleging an attempted assault on a civilian's wife at the post. Report says he was intoxicated on both occasions. He may face a court martial at Fort Presling as his wife and family are away on a visit.
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